The audience size matched those from the season debut and episode No. 4, which also drew 1.6 million viewers, which is just 300,000 off the season-high of 1.9 million.

The episode reached its peak audience for the wild-card fight, which closed out the episode as Aaron Wilkinson submitted Team Koscheck teammate Marc Stevens for the final spot in the upcoming quarterfinal round. That peak, which netted a 1.26 household rating, also included UFC president Dana White’s announcement of the quarterfinal matchups.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?